Tenmars TM-203 User manual

TENMAIIS
Data Logger Light Meter
TM-203
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CONTENTS
1 . Description................... ............ 't
2. Safety Precaution .................... 1
3. Preface ...-...-.-.-.-.2
4. features.. ..-.......... 3
5. Specifications.............. .............4
6. lnstrument Description (See Fig.1)................. 5
7. Operation Procedure ...............7
8. Relative Spectral (SENSITIVITY).................. 8
9. Attention. ........... 10
10. Recommended Levels of lllumination ..........11
11. Battery Replacement ............. 13
12. Setup User end...... ................ 13
13. User end manipulation menu..... .................14
14. Procedure to instrall USER END Software.......... 16
15. End of life ............ .................... 16

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TCNMARS TM-203
DESCRIPTION
Measures light from visible luminaries equipped
with fluorescent, metal halide, high-pressure
sodium and incandescent sources.
SAFETY PRECAUTION
ake extreme care for the following
while measuri
Do not operate the meter under the environment
with explosive gas (material), combustible gas
(material) steam or filled with dust.
ln order to avoid reading incorrect data, please
replace the battery immediately when the symbol
"lEt'appears on the LCD.
ln order to avoid the damage caused by
coniamination or static electricity, do not touch the
circuit board before you take any adequate action.
Operating Environment: lndoors use. This
instrument has been designed for being used in an
environment of pollution degree 2.
Operation Altitude: Up to 2000M.
Operating Temperature & Humidity: -10 C - 50'C ,
0%- B0%RH.
Storage Temperature & Humidity: -10 C - 50 C ,
0%-70%RH.
EMC:EN61 326(1 997)+41 11 998)+A2(2001 )
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3. PREFACE
The flux of light received in a unit area of a ceriain
side being shone is popularly known as illumination.
ln both United Kingdom and America its unit is
known as footcandles light, but in Europe it is
known as meter candlelight.
One foot-candles light is the illumination of light that
falls on one side that lies in a distance one foot
away from a one footcandlelight and exactly
iniersecting the light. lts abbreviated form is written
as 1 Fc=1 Lm/ft, similarly, one-meter candlelight is
the illumination of light that falls on a side that lies in
a distance one meter away from a one meter
candlelight and exactly intersects the light. lt is also
called Lux i,e. the flux of light being received in
each sq. meter is called the illumination of one
lumen.
As one foot candle=10.764 Lux, therefore,Nbr. of
foot (meter) candlelight =
Nbr. of Lumen
Area(sq. foot or sq. meter)
Nbr. of Lumen=Nbr. of foot (or meter)x area
Foot-candle/Lux conversion
1 footcandle=10.764 lux
1 lux=0.09290 foot-candles
(sq, foot or sq. meter)
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4. FEATURES
o Overload lndication: LCD will show "OL" in the left
highest position.
o Low battery lndication.
. Sampling Rate: 2.5 times per second for digital
display.
o Spectral response close to CIE luminous spectral
efficiency.
o Cosine Angular corrected.
o According to JIS C 1609:1993 and CNS 5119
general A class Specifications.
. Measuring lights source include all visible.
o Measuring intensities of illumination in Lux or
footcandles.
o Many applications include: Warehouses, factories,
office buildings, restaurants, schools, library,
hospitals, photographic, many video, parking
garages, museums, art galleries, stadiums, building
security.
o Data hold.
a Zeroadjustment.
o Large integrated circuit design.
o Auto power off.
a Auio range.
. Data logger.
. Maximum hold.
. Minimum hold.
. Average hold.
. Logger stores up to 7000 values.
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5. SPECIFICATIONS
Display 2000 count, large LCD display, easier
to read.
Sensor Silicon photodiode and filter
Measuring
Range 20,200,2000, 20000,200000 Lux 20,200,2000,20000 Footcandles
qccuracy L3% (Calibrated to standard
ncandescent lamp 2856' K)
i% other visible liqht source.
Angle deviation
from cosine
characteristics
30' t20/"
60' !6%
80" t25%
)ower Supply ]V NEDA 1604, IEC 6F22, JIS OO6P
ratterv x 1oc
3atterv life \bout 200 hours
)imensions 38 (H) x 55(W) x 172(L) mm
1.5(H)x 2.2(W) x 6.8(L) inch
ffeight 250 g (include battery)
\ccessories User's manual,carrying case,9V
battery, USB transmission line, User
End Setup CD
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6. INSTRUMENT DESCRIPTION (sEE Ftc.1)
o Display(LCD): Display measurements and
function symbols.
. {Qi Power Button: ON/OFF switching.
The auto power will be off automatically after 5
minutes idle time.
. {} UP button : Lock up MIN,MAX and AVG
value of LCD. Press UP 1 second to resume
normal measuring and LCT number upward setup.
. {-*$ Lux/Fc button: For select Lux and
footcandles (fc)
. €& DATA HOLD button: The reading data
shown on LCD can be locked while pressing the
button.
{} DOWN button:Press DOWN cancel Auto
Power off and LCT number downward setup.
{6idsZero Adjustment.
@ neC button: Press the button to start
recording data and prgg-s $3} again io stop
recording and press (f9to leave record display
with shown "PRESENT".
Total records 7000
THE MINIMAL INTERVAL IS 1 SECOND AND
MAXSIMUM INTERVAL TIME IS THOURS 59
MINUTES AND 59 SECONDS.
Light sensor
USB lnterface Connector.
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OPERATION PROCEDURE
Open the carrying case.
Press the -fO button to turn power on or off
Remove the cap of the light sensor, Put the light
sensor at the spot where the testing of source of
light is to be conducted, auto testing will then be
conducted by the meter, read the testing value
after the reading indicated becomes stable.
lf you want to keep the reading value on the LCD
permanently after testing, press the @p X"y
whereby the reading value will be locked
permanently up. Press the Sg Key once again
when you want to release the previous locking.
After testing, put the cover of the light sensor
back to its former position, and turn off the switch.
Press the ffi button for the zero adjustment if
any digits is appeara .
NOTE. : When the light sensor cap is not
attached "CAP" is indicated. Make sure that it is
attached.
lf performing the zero adjustment after powering
on, several digits may not disappear. ln this case,
perform the zero adjustment again.
LCT setting : Press both $ and S) at the
same time more than 1 second, LCT will start to
flash. lt reminds the user thai LCT can be
modified now. Then release the pressing from the
two buttons, press {_f}button to reduce the
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numeral, Press button to increase the
numeral, Then press to finish the setting.
o The numeral's changing of LCT's(location) means
the user can use Logger Stores in different places.
Different numeral presents the different place.
Connect to the computer when record finishing.
The numeral of "Logger stores" will be shown on
the right-down side of "USER END
MANIPULATION MENU".
8. RELATTVE SPECTRAL (SENSlTtVtTy)
The deviation from the comparative standards for
luminosity is determined by JIS standard C 1609-
1 993.
Peak sensitivity wavelength:550nm
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ATTENTION
set for referring the testing of source of light is
located at the right top end (0 degree) of the light
sensor ball plane. (See fig. 2)
When the meter is not in use, please keep the
cap of the light sensor in its place to avoid the
photo diode from wearing out.
When it is not in use for a long time, please take
the batteries away. And avoid keeping it in a
place of high temperature and humidity.
Light Source 0 degree
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10. RECOMMENDED LEVELS OF
ILLUMINATION
Suitable levels of illuminance
(According to the JIS siandard 29110-1979)
Offices
Factories
lluminance (lux) )lace
1500 to 750 Cffices, designing, drawing rooms
750 to 300 Offices, conference rooms, computer
rooms
300 to 100 Workrooms, corridors, stairwaYs,
restrooms
Z5 to 30 lndoor emergencY stairwaYs
llluminance (lux) Place
1000 to 1500 Where such work as assembling,
inspecting testing, selecting,
extremely precision visual work
1 500 to 750 Assembling, inspecting, testing,
selecting, precision visual work
750 io 300 Assembling, inspecting, testing,
selectino and visual ordinarv work
300 to 150 Wrapping and packing
75 to 30 lndoor emergency stairwaYs
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Schools
lluminance
'lux) )lace
1 500 to 300 )recision drawing or drafting,
rrecision exoerimentino. librarv
750 to 200 Classrooms, library reading rooms,
staff rooms, gymnasia
100 to 75 Lecture halls, assembly rooms,
locker rooms, corridors, stairways
and restrooms
75 to 30 y'Varehouses and emergency
stainrvavs
10 to 2School passages
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11. BATTERY REPLACEMENT
the symbol " lffl' appears on the LCD,
replace the battery immediatel
a Remove the battery cover
o Replace the batterY.
o lnstall the battery cover.
12. SETUP USER END
o The User End package contains
Custom designed USB cable for User End
o System Required
Windowns 2000, Windowns XP
. Minimum Hardware Required
Pentium lll 500MHZ PC compatible,or above 12BMB
RAM ,At least 1OMB hard disk space available to
install User End program.Recommended display
resolution is 800X600 or above
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13. USER END MANIPULATION MENU
13.1 Tool Bar
Tool bar section has 6 buttons:
[Connect To Meter] [Download All Records]
[Erase All Records] [Update Meier Date/Time]
[Save Records to File] [Print]
Use button [Gonnect to meter] to connect meter and
PC. This step is the first step to use this software.
Use button [Download All Records] to download
records from Meter to Local computer.
Use button [Erase All Records] to erase all the
records saved in memory.

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Use button [Update Meter Date/Time] to let the time
in meter to be same with the computer time.
Remember if the battery is taken out, the clock in the
meter will stop.
Please do time re-setup and load it into the meter
after replacement or removed of battery.
Use button [Save Records to File] to export the
records from the list box to txt file. This button will be
enabled after downloading records.
Use button [Print] to print all the downloaded data.
13.2 Light Meter Real Data
Real time data section is used to displayed real time
data, LUXFC status, HOLD, REC, MA)OMIN status.
Current meter situation including toial group and total
records in the memory, interval, meter date and time,
are also displayed at the left side.
13.3 Group information Data
Group information data section is used to display
selected group information including start time, end
time, LUX/FC status, records number in selected
group.
13.4 Status Message
Staius message is to display current mete status such
as recording, connected, disconnected,
13.5 Light Meter Setting Data
This section is used to set interval into meter.
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13.6 Records Data
Data will be downloaded into this section after
[download records] button is pressed.
13.7 Connected Signal
The light is used indicated connection status. Green
means connected, red means disconnected.
14. PROCEDURE TO INSTALL USER END
SOFTWARE
1. Place the setup disc into the CD-ROM.
2. Double click "Setup.exe" in the CD-ROM.
3. After finishing setup process, go to start-all
program-"Data Logger\Light MeteALightMeter
. "to run the program.
15. END OF LIFE
Caution: this symbol indicates that
equipment and its accessories shall be
subject to a separate collection and
correct disposal
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